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The Osceola times., 1887-04-16

compelling its merchants aud bust
ness men to haul their freight a dis
tance of from lforr to FIVE miles, en-
failing an annual extra expense Of
from $4,000 to s20,0O0, with the
worry and Inconvenience TO the
travelling public thrown in. The
merchants and property holders of
Osceola, who have watched the rise
and fall of the annual floods for To-!
these many years, will no doubt feel
grateful to A. Stranger for the in
formation that now, while they are
dead Ito him) the tide of their affairs
is in the food. Had this been di-
rected to our neighboring farmers
whose fences and stock Aoated away
upon the recent tide, they at least,
could more fully realize the impor-
tance of the information impaired.
Our merchants, will, no doubt, ac-
cept the good intention, and manifest
the gratitude due good intentions,
that while asleep. mot dead Stran-
ger comes along, and like the good
Samaritan, gently awakens them to
impart the glad tidings.
The Osceola times., 1887-04-16

The prohibition question has en-
tered Texas politics. The late leg
islature passed an act submitting the
question to the people next August,
and Senator Reagan who has here.
tofore been opposed to prohibition,
and mixing it with politics is now
advocating the measure with all his
power aud eloquence. In an open
letter to the people after picturlng
at length the wretohedness and dis
honor to he encountered in every
community resulting from the use of
liquor, the Senator says: IL must
express my deep regret that any ef-
fort has been made to make party
question of prohibition, and especial
ly do | regret that Democrats should
seek to identify that great and grand
historic party with tie fortunes and
fate Of the whiskcy shop drunkards
and criminals"
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY,

Notices under this head giving pame occupa-
tion, business or profession. and location. will
be charged 81 per annum.
The Osceola times., 1887-04-16
APOpular C!clOpedia.

A Cyclopedia which presents con-
else and readable biographical
sketches together with choice aud
characteristic selections from the
writings of eminent authors of all
ages and all nations, surely ought to
be in great popular demand fits cost
were not prohibitory. Such II work
is Alden's Cyclopedia of Universal
Literature, Vol. VI. of which, now
published, contains 479 pages, large
type, beautifully printed and bound,
and includes within it the names of
eighty-two eminent authors, among
which are: Dana, Dante, Darwin,
Daudet, jefferson Davis, Sir Hum
phrey Davy, DeFoe (of Robinsin
Crusoe fame) Demosthenes, DeQuin-
cey, Descartes, Dickens, Disraeli,
Doddridge, and Douglas. 1t would
seem hardly possible to plan any lit
erary work more eminently readable
and interesting, if the compiling and
editing were we'll done-and the
nearly universal verdict seems to be
that this is very well done indeed.
And the price! Only The LITERA-
Ry REVOLUTION could have accom-
plished such a wonder 80 cents a
volume for these beautiful cloth
bound books, or GO cents for half
Morocco binding! The publisher of
frrs sample volume to any one with
privilege of freturn if not satisfactory.
Anyone interested in high class lit
erature ought to send for Mr.. Alden's
81 page Catalogue Of Standard
Books, which is free to any applicant.
Address JonN b. ALDEN, Publisher,
1893 Pearl st. New York: Clark and
Adams Sts., Chicago; or, 42U Yonge
Street, Toronto.
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There is one bright side to the
doleful picture which some If our a.,
teemrd contemporaries draw # tn,.
reckless expenditures Of $780, 300 f
the peoples money" by the lat.
Legislature. AT least S15, 200 of that
money will soon 20 into general cir
culation. The boys go home and
pay their merchants, doctors, drug
gists, preachers, grocers, black
smiths, carpenters, laborcrs, ect., ect.
The money they earned here will
soon 60 into general circulation, and
that is the true object of money. 1t
is not very big amount, it is true,
10 turn loose among million of peo-
Pile, but it is something, and will do
more good circulating among the
soverigns than locked up in the
vaults ct the treasury. 1t will help
good many people. Little Rock
ID mocrat.
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\ SrRaNGrR's IMPRESSION ON HIS
FIRST VISIT TO OsCEoLA.

A stranger Of an inquiring mind,
on entcri.g this town naturally asks
himself the question, "What keeps
this place, or rather its inhabitants,
shoat in the commercial world. For
a place of its size, good central io-
cation, and facilities for enterptize,
1t is perfectly dead, and were it rot
for the few people one sees in the
streets, (or rather lanes 1t would
remind one of Goldsmith's " Desert
ed Village" DO the merchants trad
ing in town rely altogether on the
few dollars brought here by the gov
ernmcnt employers? Most people
would think, and that quite natural
ly, that the town Of Osceula and
farming country around, was the
primary cause of the Government
works on this section of the river,
but it seems that after the govern
ment has done all in its power to
make the town habitable, the people
are content to sit down and trust to
the works for the towns maintain
ance. The Government works can
not go on here forever. What then
will the inhabitants do? | wonder
if the property holders think Of this,
or Is their motto Sufficient uuto
the day is the evil thereof" and i'm.
agine that the energy TO do will
come with the emergency. Now, is
the time for some new enterprise to
start, factories, Mills, &c. The tide
in the affairs of Osceola Is now in
the food and if the opportunity is not
seized, the merchant and property
holders will have lots of time in the
dread hereafter to see the mistake,
when the few people who now live
here have drifted away in search Of
employ mcnt denied them here.
a STRANGER
1t would be constant and never
dying source of regret, on our part,
Il we permitted our found friend,
A. Stranger, to depart from our hos
pitable little town, without apprisiug
him of the mistakes into which his
first impressions, from a hasty view,
leads bin. In the first place, Osce-
ola is not dead. Like all, or nearly
all towns and villages III this south
land, which depend upon the fruit
OF the soil for it's life and vitality, l.
is simply resting after the gathering
Of the harvest. 1t is asleep, but not
dead. Being independent of the noisy
rumbling confusion incident to man
ufacturing towns that have to make a
noise in order to make show, il can
afford to sleep. In the second place,
the government work has not done
a single thing in its power to max"
1t habitahle. The government is not
hunting Jobs of that sort. On the
contrary, the government has done
Osceola an irrspsrable injury by
closing navigation TO its port, and
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In THE TowS Council OF THE In
CoRPoRATED Town OF OscEo-
La, MISSISSIPPI COUNTY,
ARKANSAS.

BE 1T REMEMBERED, that at reg
ular meeting of the Town Council Of
the Incorporated Town of Osceola,
Mississippi County, Arkansas, when
there were present and presiding the
Hon. Ben. II. Bacchus, Mayor of
said Incorporated Town, l.. Roussan,
Recorder Of said Incorporated Town,
and n. l.. Averv, James Liston, r.
A. Summers, ID. III. Lawrence, AL
dermen Of said Incorporated Town,
(Alderman b. F. Hale being absent),
when among other proceedings had,
were the following:
In the matter of calling in the out
standing evidence of Indebtedness
of the Town of Osceola, County
of Mississippi, State of Arkansas:
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Town
Council of the Incorporated Town
of Osceola, that the Mayor be EN-
powered and authorized to call in
all outstanding scrip, warrants or
evidences Of indebtedness now ex-
isting against the incorporated Town
of Osceola, Ark, for cancellation and
that new scrip, or warrants be issued
therefor, and that the Mayor is here
by authorized to advertise the same.
Submitted by
n. l.. AVERY.
In pursuance of the above resolu-
ton, which was, by due process,
adopted by unanimous vote, !, Ben.
III. Bacchns, Mayor of :he Incorpo-
rated Town of Osceola, County of
Mississippi, State of Arkansas, here
by proclaim and cause to be made
this order, calling in all outstanding
scrip, warrants, or evidences OF in
debtedness by the Incorporated town
of Osceola, for cancellation and re-
issuance, and all holders OF outs,and-
ing scrip, warrants, or evidences Of
Indebtedness on the said Incorpora-
ted town Of Osceola, issued prior to
the 9th. day of April 1887, shall pre-
sent the same to the Board of the
Town Council in the Town of Osce
ola, Mississippi County, Arkansas,
on Monday, July 4th., 1887. for
cancellation, re issuance and classii-
cation pf the same.
Ben. III. BACcHus.
Attest. Mayor.
l.. RorssAN, Recorder
Aud notice is hereby given to all
holder of scrip, warrants, or other
evidences ofindehteiuess, to present
the same at the time herein specified,
9th, day of July, 1881 or the hol-
der or holders thereof will BE- for.
ever barred from recovering the
same from the Incorporated Town of
Osceola. WM. w. WARD.
Town Marshal.
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Official Directory.
COUNTY OFFICERS:

COUNTY OFFICERS:
County and Probate Judge-L ID koHeIl
circuit and ,ounty Clerk-HughR X heNeigh
shelf and Coli ctor W. :. Hayes.
County Examiner Leon Roussan.
County rrcssur Flames Liston
County Surveyor-P. II, Clay
Cpinty oroner J. NJ. IGwrspce.
Coiaty ssesror-B Bethel L. HUI
MONROE TON NsHlf.
Justiees ~ The Pesce-N q. cartwright, d
n. steph~nson, NJ G Tsndy.
Const .bi, W w Ward
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS
NAyor-J ". Price
Reesrder-B. fl. Bacchus.
Aidermen-James Listoi, c. Fsher, john
Barney, 10 n l.. Driver, W Hale.
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JouN MORLEY on MORAL COWARD

ICE.
And what is this smile of the
world, to win which We are hidden
to sacrifice our moral manhood; this
frown of the world, whose terrors
are more awful than the whitening
up of truth and the slow going out
of light within the soul of US? Con-
slider the triviality Of life and convcr-
sation and purpose in the bulk of
those whose approval is held out for
our prize and the mark Of our high
calling. Let us measure the empire
over them of prejudice unadulterat-
ed 10y single element of ra, ionality,
aud let us weigh the huge burden of
custom, uurelieved by single leav-
ening particle of fresh thought Then
how pitiiul thing seems the APP
proval or disapproval of these crea-
lures OF the conventions of the hour,
as one figures the mercilcss vastncss
of the universe Of matter sweeping
us headlong through vicwless spac, ;
as one hears the wall of misery that
is forever ascending to the deaf gods;
as one counts the little tale of the
years that separates rs from eternal
silence. In the light If these things
a man should surely dare TO live his
life with little heed Of the common
speech upon him or his life, only
caring that his days may be full OF
reality,'and his conversation Of truth.
speaking aud Wilderness.
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RATES OFADVERTISING:
rov rnANsIENT AND LEGAL NOTICES

LEGAL NOTICES.
Ons dollar per square OF one inch running
asssure, or space ten lines OF TINS 'yps, 10
sr.t insertion, and seventy five cents ior each
supsea aent insertion.
The Osceola times., 1887-04-16

Don't neglect your hogs and let
them get sick and die white YOU try
to raise a cotton patch. Meat aud
lard are worth much more than cot
ton per pound, it is easier raised, and
demands the. cash nearly as readily.
Il Bnllitin.
The Osceola times., 1887-04-16

The election for school Directors
will soon be at hand, and Directors
should be prepared to post their no.
tees. Blanks can be had on apph-
cation to the County Examiner. Do
not neglect this duty, as well as
making out annual reports, which
must be handed in by the Both. of
June.
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THE OSCE0LA TIMES.
LEON ROUSSAN,
editor and Prophet r

rsux, Of SUBSCRIPTION. Tin advance >
70, a Term OF one year. r...-.......'''''si o o9
six Months ..... ...-.' 10
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Kallorama Lodge.
X. g. l.. Of FL.

Meets At Lodge Room the lat and 3rd
Wednesday evenings OF each month.
By order of skhMES' T.
q. n. SAYLoRD, Secretary
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cAispS AND ADvERTIsEMENTs'
,;-.,.-,--------il-a . aw sw. m.lsm.l i2m
.SAdvertisers by the year Will cerestticte
to their legitimate business

:SAdvertlsers by the year viii ceresHic'eo
4 their legitimate business
iSYearly advertisements may be eehanseu o'
reset four tines during the year IRE" OF charge
s~Psrt!es contracting for yearly advertise
mcnts and disseminating from any cause. Will ne
haresd snort time rates, as per time inserted
Rs RArEs
Foreign Advertisements, sent through
Advertising Agencies. must be paid Tor IN nu-
vance, or q deposit made with some one w6o'n
ws nav designate.
- Marriages and desths, not exceeding ten
linep will be published Rs news, iree of chargs'
h,t ohituarics tributes OF respect. funeral non
o., and Invitations charged AS advertisements
s0- Ali personal matter, letters or communi-
cations setting forth individual schemes OF IN :
t,re.ls TO BE- promoted, emanatlng from pari!
ar pArtie., organizations or societies, VIII o'
c,aryed for as other advertisements
:1-In al! legitimate demsnds OF the demo
cratic or Conservative party, or uf the grta' w
,er.,ts II the general public upon our columns
he rIxEs will not iail of lite duty
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b. J. BRADFORD,
Dealer in Family Groceries.
Cayce's Old stand.

THE Governor has reappointed the
old Board of Equalization for Missis
sippi Countv-Capt. C. Bowen, T.
II. Robinson, and DIR. w. X. Harri-
son.
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Masonic.

The stated communications ot os' cola Lodge
No 81, \. v \ NJ. will b. held the satuf
days On or next before each full moon ih'
tn-rb bers are ordered to attend promptly,
All Mater Masons in good standing are
esrdialy invited to attend
~ srd.r of j. Y. PRICE. W, Mi
L1os RorssAS. Secretary
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5---DiamOnd.
6---JOhn's TObeggan.

1-Behead what John took out his
toboggan for and leave what he called
the young lady who accompanied him.
2-Behead the feeling John had when
they were whizzing through the air and
leave the way he didn't guide his to-
boggan.
3-Behead the obstacle against which
they rushed and leave how many of
them were capsized.
4-Behead that into which they were
plunged and leave the time when John
wishes he and his toboggan had stayed
at home.
5-Behead the way the young lady
appears now when she meets him and
leave what John thinks he will be be-
fore he repeats the adventure.
6-Behead what he used his tobog-
gan for afterwards and leave the feel
ing that ranked in his breast while he
was doing it. ETHYL.
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Sure cure for blind bleeding, and itching
Piles. One box has cured the worst cases
of ten years standing. No one need suffer
ten minutes after using this wonderful
Kinks German Pile Ointment. 1t absorbs
tumors allays the itching at once, acts as a
poultice, gives instant relief Kinks Ger
man Pile Ointment is prepared only for
Piles and itching of the private parts, and
nothing else. Every box is warranted by
our Agent.
Sold by Druggists; sent by mail on receipt
of price Fifty cents and 81 per box.
DIR. G. o. BENTON, Proprietor.
(laValanl Ohio
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BENTON,s NERVE and BRAIN TONIC.

If you are so nervous that minutes seem
like hours, or days seem like weeks and
years. let not moment pass before you try
this great vitalizer, as its effects in all such
cases are prompt and reliable. If the I" Doc
tors give you DovER's POWDER and NOR
PINE to make you have a quiet sleep, you
will find this better than all the doctors. II
you become restless and nervous, so you
cannot sleep, Opium and its kindred allies
are the worst things you can possibly take.
A few doses of BENToN's NERVE AND BRAIN
Tonic Is sure to relieve you, and in no in
stance has IL ever failed to cure.
Sold by all Druggists, and sent by express
on receipt of price, $1.00.
DIR. @. o. BENTON, Proprietor.
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FOLLY.-Babies are allowed to suffer
with pain from collie for want of DIR.
Bulls Baby Syrup.
a QUARTER of century's constant
use proves the value of Days Horse
Powder. Twenty-Five cents.
If there's anything in the survival
of the fittest," DR.. Bulls Baltimore
Pills must be counted in"
GUARANTEED genuine-DreXel's Bell
Cologne.
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HOUSEHOLD economy can be easily
practiced when Diamond DYES are
known and used. They color any ar
ticle any color, and faded or dingy arti-
Giles of clothing can be made like new.
There are thirty-two colors; ten cents
each.
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ELIsHA MAYS ESTATE.

IL STATE OF VERMONT Washington District S.
In Probate Court, held at Montpelier, in and for
said District, on the 5th day of April. A ID. lSs7;
Oscar w. May, Executor of the last VIII and Tes-
lament of Elisha May late of Aliddlesex in said Dis
trict. deceased, makes application to said Court.
with the consent and appreciation in writing of the
legaees devisees and heirs of said deceased resid
ing In the State of Vermont for license to sell all of
the real estate of said deceased, situated in
Middlesex in said District to wit Home place,
representing that the sale thereof would be
beneficial TO the legatees devsees and heirs of said
deceased and those interested in his estate,
in order to convert said real estate into
money. Whereupon, 1t is ordered by said Court,
that said application be referred to session thereof
to be held at the Probate Office in said Montpelier
the 29th day of April AID 1851 for hearing and decs-
ion thereon audit is further ordered that all persons
Interested be notified hereof, by publication of
tce of said application and order thereon three
weeks successfully in the VermOH HdfchmdR a.
State Journal, newspaper published at Montpelier,
and which circuates In the neighborhood of those
interested before said time of hearing that they
may appear at said time and place. and II they
cause object thereto nv the Court.-Attest,
0002 HIRAM CARLETON, Judge.
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II x n hTE,NSNUlIIT in,,,., =.
In Probate Court. held at Montpelier, in ana for
said District on the 4th day of April. A. D. 1857;
William T. Dewey, Administrator de b0RiS non of
the estate of James q. French, late of Montpelier,
In said District deceased makes application TO said
Court with the consent and appreciation in writing
of the heir of said deceased for license to sell all of
the real estate of said deceased now remaining un-
sold, situated In Montpelier, in said District, except
the widows right OF dover therein, but including
the reverson OF said dover, representing that the
sale thereof would he beneficial to the heir of said
deceased and those interested IN his estate, in order
to said real estate into money Whereupon IL
is ordered by said Court, that said application be re-
ferred to session thereof to he held at the Probate
ONCE, in said Montpelier on the 29th day of April,
A. ID. 1885,; for hearing and decision thereon;
and, II is further ordered that all persons interested
be notified hereof by publication of motto, of said
application and order thereon three weeks success
sively in the Vermont Wdfchmdn g. State JoHrBdi a
newspaper published at Montpelier and which cir.
culates In the neighborhood of those Interested he
fore said time OF caring, that they may appear at
said time and place, and, II they see cause, object
thereto. by the Court.-Attest,
9lOl HIRAM CARLETON, Judge.
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4---Enigmatic Names of Noted Men Who
Have Lived in the Nine
teenth Century.

IA fish and tract of land.
"A connection and over.
3-An exclamation meaning behold
and the abbreviation for a word mean
ing commenced.
"A kind of wood and to make a
mistake.
5-To comply with request.
Ga boys nickname and what we
are all liable to do.
7-Extended and a mate.
ga kind of berry and brier.
Misrepresentation of ideas and
value. MARY BELLE WILSON.
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WILLIAM \; FARGo,s ESTATE.

W SIAlEOf NEkAioNT. Washington District, S.
In Probate Court. held at Montpelier, ill said Dis
trict. on the LIST day of April A. ID. 1857.
Leslie j. Durkee, Administrator of the estate of
William H. Fargo, late of Duxbury, i'm said
District. deceased, presents his administration
count for examination and allowance, and makes
application for a decree OF distribution and
partition of the estate of said deceased. Where
upon, it is ordered by said Court that said ac-
count and said application be referred to a session
thereof to be held at the Probate Office, in
said Montpelier, ON the Both day of April, A.
1t is further ordered, that notice hereof be given
to all persons interested by publication of the
man d state Journal. a newspaper published at
ing, that they may appear at said time and place
and show cause, If any they may have why said
account should not be allowed and such decree
made. BY the Court-Attest
g90l HIRAM CARLETON, Judge
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A BIGATL f. BENNETT'S ESTATE.

L u, 49,
In Probate Court held at Montpelier in and for said
District, on the 3lst day of March. A. ID. 1857:
An instrument purportng to be the last viii and
Testament of Abigail +. Bennett late of Montpelier,
in said District, deceased being presented to the
Court by Truman G. KeltOn, the Executor therein
named for Probate 1t is ordered by said Court that
all persons concerned therein be notified appear
at IA session of said Court to be held at the Pro-
bate Office in Montpelier the 18th day of April,
A. ID. 1887, and show cause, If any they may
have, against the Probate of said will: for which
purpose it is further ordered that notice of this
order be published three weeks successfully in the
Vermont WdtchmaH a. state journal, printed at
Montpelier, previous to said time appointed for
hearing. By the Court.-Attest,
gg.0l HIRAM CARLETON ,Judpe
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STOP THAT COUGH!

BY using BENToN's PINE TREE TAR
TRoCHEEs, sure cure for Cough, Colds and
Sore Throat. No cure, no pay. Sold by
Druggists, twenty-five cents per box.
Wholesale Agent, JNo. III. FRANCIS, 20
Maiden Lane, New York City
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WHAT you need is medicine which
is pure, efficient, reliable. Such is
Hoods Sarsaparilla. 1t possesses Pc
culiar curative powers.
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MISTAKES are often bought at a big
price and sold at a small one.
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A UGUsTA C0BB's ESTATE.

n STATE OF VERMONT Washington District. IS.
In Probate Court, held at Montpelier, in said Dis
trict, on the Both day of March, A. d. 1881:
James W. Brock, Administrator of the estate of
Augusta Cobb, late of Montpelier, in said District
deceased presents his administration account fer
animation and allowance, and makes application for
decree of distribution and partition of the estate of
said deceased. Whereupon II ordered by said Court
that said account and said application be referred
to session thereof to be held at the Probate Office,
in said Montpelier on the 2gth day Of April,
A. d. 1887, for hearing and decision thereon: And,
1t is further ordered that notice hereof be given
to all persons interested by publication of the same
three weeks successfully in the Vermont Waterman
d State JOurHdi newspaper published at Montpelier
previous to said time appointed for hearing that they
may appear at said time and place, and show cause
If any they may have, why said account should not
be allowed and such decree made.
BY the Court.-Attest
9qOl HIRAM CARLETON Judge